GreekG6647Verb
βαίνω
bainō
“to go”
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1.in most forms
2.intransitive to walk, step, properly of motion on foot, *ποσσὶ *or *ποσὶ βαίνειν *(Homer), etc.; with infinitive in (Homer), βῆ ἰέναι, *βῆ ἰέμεν *set out to go, went his way, (Iliad by Homer); *βῆ θέειν *started to run, (Iliad by Homer); βῆ δ᾽ ἐλάαν, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—; and with all Preps. implying motion, *ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔβαινεν *was going on board ship, (Odyssey by Homer); *ἐφ᾽ ἵππων βάντες *having mounted the chariot, (Odyssey by Homer); *βαίνειν δι᾽ αἵματος *to wade through blood, (Euripides), etc.
3.in perfect to stand or be in a place, *χῶρος ἐν ὧι βεβήκαμεν *(Sophocles Tragicus); often almost= *εἰμί *(sum), *εὖ βεβηκώς *on a good footing, well established, prosperous, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; so, *οἱ ἐν τέλει βεβῶτες *they who are in office, (Herdotus Historicus); compare ξυρόν.
4.to go, go away, depart, (Iliad by Homer); *βέβηκα *euphamistic for τέθνηκα, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;of things, *ἐννέα ἐνιαυτοὶ βεβάασι *nine years have come and gone, (Iliad by Homer)
5.to come, *τίπτε βέβηκα; *(Iliad by Homer): to arrive, (Sophocles Tragicus)
6.to go on, advance, ἐς τόδε τόλμης, *ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων *(Sophocles Tragicus)
7.with accusative to mount, (Homer) only in aor1 middle, βήσασθαι δίφρον:—; Pass., *ἵπποι βαινόμεναι *brood mares, (Herdotus Historicus)
8.*χρέος ἔβα με *debts came on me, (Aristophanes Comicus)
9.in Poets, with accusative of the instrument of motion, which is simply pleonastic, *βαίνειν πόδα *to advance the foot, step on, (Euripides), etc.
10.Causal, in future βήσω, aor1 ἔβησα:—; to make to go, βῆσεν ἀφ᾽ ἵππον, *ἐξ ἵππων βῆσε *brought them down from the chariot, (Iliad by Homer) The present in this sense is βιβάζω.
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